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Re:A proposal for improving HN : it should cost a user Karma... by johnleppings on Friday September 07, 2012 @10:15AM (#4489132)
This approach didn't work for Slashdot, Digg and Reddit, which are all fallen civilisations. If we don't try anything new to solve the problem, this civilisation will fall as well.
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Re:A proposal for improving HN : it should cost a user Karma... by javery on Friday September 07, 2012 @10:33AM (#4489255)
Reddit actually has extremely high quality subreddits - it is just the main tags that have degraded.
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Re:A proposal for improving HN : it should cost a user Karma... by Kilimanjaro on Friday September 07, 2012 @10:55AM (#4489388)
Reddit's front page look like neon lights of a cheap brothel, how can we know there is a great experience waiting for us in a dark room?
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Re:A proposal for improving HN : it should cost a user Karma... by xyzzyb on Friday September 07, 2012 @11:48AM (#4489669)
Because it's as easy as going to a subreddit (r/linguistics is pretty interesting). It's a free and open website: the barrier to entry is practically non-existent.
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